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With a 90-year history behind it, Knowles looks to a bright future
A family 3PL with a 90-year history, Cambridgeshire-based Knowles Logistics recently rebranded from Knowles Transport to reflect the broadened range of services the business now offers.
Europa: ‘The market’s dropped but we’re seeing payback on our investments…’
Dionne Redpath, chief operating officer at Europa Worldwide Group, tells MT how shrewd investments in sales and IT are keeping the business on track for further growth
Vox Pop: “The amount of administrations is scary…”
MT asks some of the industry’s leading players to assess the increasingly tough market and give their verdicts on how 2024 will play out for themselves and their competitors…
Do not bury your head in the sand over cyber crime, hauliers warned
Last month Motor Transport in association with Bosch CyberCompare held a webinar looking at the growing problem of cyber attacks. These can leave a business crippled and facing demands for ransoms that could destroy its finances.
Nestlé logistics head Sally Wright goes out on a high after 30 ‘phenomenal’ years
Nestlé UK and Ireland head of delivery Sally Wright has retired after more than 30 years in the industry.
2024 looks challenging but will present opportunities for vehicle outsourcing specialist Zenith
Zenith is the UK’s leading independent leasing, vehicle outsourcing and fleet management provider for cars, vans, trucks and trailers, and its 1,300 employees now manage a fleet of over 170,000 vehicles. Of those 77,000 are funded as well as managed by Zenith.
Confusion still rife over DVS and GSR requirements, say operators
TfL is due to introduce phase 2 of its Direct Vision Standard in October 2024 and it recently published the specifications for the Progressive Safe System (PSS) that trucks over 12 tonnes GVW that are rated below three stars for direct vision will need before entering London. Motor Transport in ...
SDC continues to design and build trailers that deliver exactly what the customer needs
SDC Trailers was established 45 years ago by welder and fabricator Seamus McCloy in a tin shed small unit beside his house in the village of Bellaghy, Northern Ireland.
TIP expands in truck rental but MD remains a trailer guy at heart
Mike Furnival has been MD for the UK and Ireland region of TIP since May 2015 having joined the company as an area sales manager in 1988.
From small electric beginnings big things are growing at Electra
Blackburn-based electric truck maker Electra Commercial Vehicles, winner of the 2020 Motor Transport Innovation Award, is continuing to develop its range of battery electric vehicles and looking to move to a bigger factory as it ramps up production. MD Ben Smith tells Steve Hobson about his plans.